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-rw-r--r-- | doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_transfer.pod | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_transfer.pod b/doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_transfer.pod index b0ca394448..7fcd71dbe0 100644 --- a/doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_transfer.pod +++ b/doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_transfer.pod @@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ OSSL_HTTP_open() initiates an HTTP session using the I<bio> argument if not NULL, else by connecting to a given I<server> optionally via a I<proxy>. Typically the OpenSSL build supports sockets and the I<bio> parameter is NULL. -In this case I<rbio> must be NULL as well, and the -library creates a network BIO internally for connecting to the given I<server> -and the optionally given I<port>, defaulting to 80 for HTTP or 443 for HTTPS. +In this case I<rbio> must be NULL as well and the I<server> must be non-NULL. +The function creates a network BIO internally using L<BIO_new_connect(3)> +for connecting to the given server and the optionally given I<port>, +defaulting to 80 for HTTP or 443 for HTTPS. Then this internal BIO is used for setting up a connection and for exchanging one or more request and response. If I<bio> is given and I<rbio> is NULL then this I<bio> is used instead. @@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ OSSL_HTTP_close() returns 0 if anything went wrong while disconnecting, else 1. =head1 SEE ALSO -L<OSSL_HTTP_parse_url(3)>, L<BIO_set_conn_port(3)> +L<OSSL_HTTP_parse_url(3)>, L<BIO_new_connect(3)>, L<ASN1_item_i2d_mem_bio(3)>, L<ASN1_item_d2i_bio(3)>, L<OSSL_HTTP_is_alive(3)> |